Jan 07 2019 06:31 AM
When I try to insert a row in a formatted table, I get the following message: "This won't work because it would move cells in a table on your worksheet."
Jan 07 2019 05:19 PM
Do you have another table below the one you are trying to insert the row in?
If so you could just insert a sheet row rather than a table row (providing that doesn't mess anything up to the right or left of your table)
Jan 08 2019 02:06 AM
What is interesting, if another table is in exactly the same columns
Excel doesn't care about that and inserts rows into the first table shifting everything down
Jan 08 2019 04:11 AM
May 02 2019 11:13 AM
May 07 2019 06:57 PM
@laura_protzman I'm getting the same error message too. I can insert a row easily but I can't 'Insert Copied Cells' which I do all the time.
Read through the other comments and they don't help unfortunately. Any other suggestions?
May 07 2019 07:05 PM
@laura_protzman PS found this article which explains it a bit more but still doesn't give an answer as to why it is built like that?!
May 07 2019 09:58 PM
Are you trying to insert copied cells somewhere above a Table?
A Table is treated as an entire object therefore inserting cells above a table tries to "push down" one or more columns in the table which can't happen
May 28 2019 10:27 AM
@laura_protzman I had a similar message when I tried to refresh a table created with Power Query based on reading a table of data from a source file. Turns out that I had added a few rows to the source file and so the query couldn't place the newly-expanded table of data into the confines of the existing table. Once I manually added rows to the "receiving" table (by dragging the small, square fill handle in the lower right corner of the lower-rightmost cell in the table down to add as many rows as needed), the query was able to run again.
Jun 03 2019 03:40 AM
Aug 28 2020 09:32 AM
@laura_protzman this may not apply to your situation but it's what created that error for me:
I have a MS Power Automate Flow that would check the contents of an excel table and delete rows in the table. Everything worked fine until today I get that error. In the end I discovered it's because the last time I used the file I left that table filtered based on a column entry. Once I turned off the filter and saved it the Flow work again.
Oct 14 2020 04:56 AM
I have had the same problem but my problem was that I created a table, I didn't even realise I did, selecting a few columns (usually selected to the end of the worksheet). So when I tried to add a row, it was imposible because I already had maximum rows. Don't know how I realised that but problem was fixed by deleting the unused rows, creating more space to add them back in (anywhere you want).
Jun 23 2021 07:49 PM
@laura_protzman To remove some no used columns or rows first, then you can easily move or insert any columns or row.
Best regards,
C. C. Hsieh